Rebanne

25th of August it is then :D

congratulations, please tell Marie I would like birthday puppies so she has to go over 4 days. Might not be good for your stress levels though :laugh:

That counts you out :laugh: how true

Only people to blame are the owners. They cared for the dog so much they went away and left it. At least her death was quick, not like what could have happened while roaming the streets.

and that's the really hard part, how much more do you put her through on the chance it may work. Can you live with yourself if you don't give her that chance, can you live with yourself if you do and it doesn't work? We all have our limits and I really feel for you Ness, I really do. I don't regret my decision making but I wish it hadn't had to be.

For me, it would be time to think about that power we have to give our furred family the wings to soar away from pain and frustration ..to leave broken bodies behind ... I have been hesitating to say something similar as I couldn't find the words. I to have been there and done that. One of the hardest things ever. Take care, you are not alone

only you can tell that. :) Can you feel his ribs?

and they allow claims for chiro and acupuncture!

same here. I wish I cared as much about my own diet as I do for my whippets me three

I wouldn't be waiting for a few weeks. If your dog isn't using her leg at all at times then that suggests quite a lot of pain. Take her to the vet this week, if they want xrays then either wait until she is due to be desexed or move that op up. But make sure that if she is in pain, that is controlled asap. eta and weigh her while you are there to see if she is a good weight.

Surely keeping your cat contained within your own property would prevent this? But there aren't any laws stating that cats HAVE to be contained to their own property... stupid, I know, but that's how it is. Keeping your dog from exercising it's prey drive in a public place is probably the best bet - whether that be a muzzle or other device, so be it. T. The cat laws depend where you live :)

I've had several claims with PetPlan for the same dog, continuing condition. Took about 3 or 4 weeks first time, been quicker follow up claims. I've never compared how much I got back to how much I spent, I was always happy with what I was reimbursed.

might be a bit early for you but the Hound Club of Vic holds two shows, (this year first weekend in Nov) and will be holding Neuter class for the first time this year :)

no real way of knowing if either is a purebred, imagine a couple of spotty pups turning up

In which case I would want their kennel license revoked, not a bankruptcy declaration. nope, I would want the lot, vindictive b!tch that I am :)

you do get good colours with the rubber back :laugh:

why do you tease your dog and why does your friend allow her pets to be terrorised is my question? if your dog came onto my property and broke into my pets cage, in the house or yard, yeah I'd be screaming for blood. Same as if my greyhound went next door and killed their pet rabbit. Breed does not allow your dog the right to seek out and kill other peoples pets. If pet rat/rabbit/cat trespassed onto dogs property then so be it, I'd be sad my dog killed, but I had them contained, the owners of the interloper didn't.

I have rubber backed, have never used green back. I use my vet bed all around the place, on the floor, in the crates, in the car. I have no trouble washing or drying the rubber backed nor with bits of rubber flaking off (even when it was used in the whelping box and washed all the time)

I won't hesitate to sue and wouldn't give a rats **** if it drove up the costs of insurance and then boarding fees. I would want them out of business. There is no way I would ever board a dog where the kennel thinks it is ok to put them outside in exercise yards. I put my dogs in a kennel to be safe, I want them in their own run attached to the kennel part. I could care less about them getting extra exercise while in a kennel. An attached run is quite sufficient. They are not there for a holiday they are there to be kept safe.

your puppy does not yet appear to connect the dots that he needs to use his indoor loo every time no matter where he is. If you had a backyard you would still be taking him out each and every time, so do the same with the indoor loo. Have him outside the pen, watch him closely and actually take him to the indoor loo frequently, just as if you were taking him outside. Praise and treat. He is no where near toilet trained and needs more input from the humans in his life if he is to succeed and not just locked back into his pen. I'd be putting the loo out on the balcony as well and take him to it and wouldn't be relying on a doggy door for several months yet. The balcony is your backyard.

She has been getting up every 2 hours (or less) already, to no avail! No, not all the time from what has been written and what I was responding too

doesn't mean he fully understands that that is the only place to go though. Move the crate, no way I'd allow a pup full range of the house at this age.

set your alarm for every two ohours overnight. It is the best way to toilet train I have found. It does not take weeks of doing this usually. Often after a couple of nights you can change the alarm to every 3 hours, then you keep adding on until you don't get up at all, but it might take a bit longer cause he already thinks peeing in his crate is ok. There is no way I would put a pup on tiles and just let him go there.

I allow no more then 12 weeks for the greyhounds.

I feel for the owners of both dogs. If I owned the "attacking" dog I would be suing as well. The kennel has killed 2 dogs.